43 CFR § 418.1 - Definitions.

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title: "43 CFR § 418.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "418.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
part_number: "418"
part_name: "OPERATING CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR THE NEWLANDS RECLAMATION PROJECT, NEVADA"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "43 U.S.C. 391,  43 U.S.C. 373; 43 U.S.C. 614,  104 Stat. 3289, Pub. L. 101-618."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 66467, Dec. 18, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
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# 418.1 Definitions.

*Bureau* means the Bureau of Reclamation.

*Decrees* means the *Alpine* decree (*United States* v. *Alpine Land and Reservoir Co.,* 503 F. Supp. 877 (D. Nev. 1980)) and the *Orr Ditch* decree (*United States* v. *Orr Water Ditch Co.,* Equity No. A-3 (D. Nev.))

*District* means the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District or any other approved Newlands Project operator.

*Eligible land* means Project land which at the time of delivery has a valid water right and either:

(1) Is classified as irrigable under Bureau land classification standards (Reclamation Instruction Series 510); or

(2) Has a paid out Project water right.

*Full reservoir* means 295,500 acre-feet in Lahontan Reservoir using Truckee River diversions. The Reservoir can fill above 295,500 acre-feet to 316,500 acre-feet with Carson River inflow and the use of flash boards. Intentional storage on the flash boards will occur only after the peak runoff.

*Project* means the Newlands Irrigation Project in western Nevada.